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government is a hindrance. but it seems to me people talk about cutting spending. then, of course, when it comes to their actual program, they don't want to cut. we had even the example of governor romney recently suggesting that if we went off the fiscal cliff and we had the spending cuts in defen it was going to kill jobs in virginia. virginia. i mean, you know. it was a program we didn't cut. >> that's we need leadership from the top as governor in gaza. and i will point back into the governors. successful governors do two things really well. they provide leadership and they propose bold initiatives to their legislatures, and they also have a strategy or a blueprint, if you will, for economic growth in their states for the future. those are the successful governors. we need the same type of leadership at the white house. >> no president has had real organization authority since ronald reagan. i would think that needs to come back. i would go so far as to put some back of authority that was lost after the nix
government is a hindrance. but it seems to me people talk about cutting spending. then, of course, when it comes to their actual program, they don't want to cut. we had even the example of governor romney recently suggesting that if we went off the fiscal cliff and we had the spending cuts in defen it was going to kill jobs in virginia. virginia. i mean, you know. it was a program we didn't cut. >> that's we need leadership from the top as governor in gaza. and i will point back into the...
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reform of government is coming. we will learn from past mistakes in this administration, and other administrations, and we're going to forge ahead with putting government back on the side of the people and making sure country comes first, putting obsessive partisanship aside. that's what john mccain has been now for in all these years he has been a maverick. he has ruffled feathers, but i'm no senator biden, you have respected him for that and the respect you for acknowledging that. but changes coming. biden: past is prologue. the issue is how different is john mccain policy going to be to george bush's? i haven't heard anything yet. i haven't heard how his policy can be different on iran than george bush's. i haven't heard how his policy we different was israel than george bush's. i have heard how his policy afghanistan is going to be different than george bush's. i haven't heard how his policy in pakistan is going to be different. it may be but so far it is the same as george bush's. and you know where this policy
reform of government is coming. we will learn from past mistakes in this administration, and other administrations, and we're going to forge ahead with putting government back on the side of the people and making sure country comes first, putting obsessive partisanship aside. that's what john mccain has been now for in all these years he has been a maverick. he has ruffled feathers, but i'm no senator biden, you have respected him for that and the respect you for acknowledging that. but changes...
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there is a system that has been created by the government. so, can the government do this? cannot tread on our religious liberty squawks the last important case in this arena was employment division versus smith, and it deals with dod. there is an indian and native american group in the state of washington who smokes as a part of the religious ritual. and honest to god sincere belief not made up to get high on saturday night. and the court would ask whether or not a person who did smoke the peyote who couldn't get a job was being discriminated against based on his religious practices and the government interfering in freedom of religion and the supreme court said no, the government was not coming into the author of that opinion was antonin scalia. and scalia said when the free exercise clause -- we have the right to exercise our religious beliefs cannot be used to challenge the law of general applicability so if it is passed without regard to anybody's religion, then it happens to affect a religion which we didn't anticipate. it's not unconstitutional. stephen continue that
there is a system that has been created by the government. so, can the government do this? cannot tread on our religious liberty squawks the last important case in this arena was employment division versus smith, and it deals with dod. there is an indian and native american group in the state of washington who smokes as a part of the religious ritual. and honest to god sincere belief not made up to get high on saturday night. and the court would ask whether or not a person who did smoke the...